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Rice yellow mottle virus causes rice plants to have stunted growth and discoloured leaves © Sy & Yacouba.

We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this fortnight include the first report of Rice yellow mottle virus on rice in Burundi,  a new host record of the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) on strawberries in India and a new strain of tomato severe leaf curl virus and a unique variant of tomato yellow leaf curl virus from Mexico.

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• First report of Olive mild mosaic virus and Sowbane mosaic virus in spinach in Greece. Gratsia, M. E.; Kyriakopoulou, P. E.; Voloudakis, A. E.; Fasseas, C.; Tzanetakis, I. E. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (8) 1230
• First report of leaf and stem downy blight of longan seedlings caused by Peronophythora litchii in Taiwan. Ann, P. J.; Tsai, J. N.; Yang, H. R. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (8) 1224
• Bacterial stripe of hog millet caused by Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae, a new disease in Korea. Myung, I. S.; Choi, J. K.; Wu, J. M.; Lee, J. Y.; Yoo, H. L.; Shim, H. S. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (8) 1222-1223
• Root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne javanica of strawberry – a new host record from India. Singh, V. K. (2012) Indian Phytopathology 65 (2) 211
• First report of Squash leaf curl virus in cucurbits in Lebanon. Sobh, H.; Samsatly, J.; Jawhari, M.; Najjar, C.; Haidar, A.; Abou-Jawdah, Y. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (8) 1231
• First report of Raspberry leaf blotch virus in raspberries in Finland. Bi, Y.; Artola, K.; Kurokura, T.; Hytönen, T.; Valkonen, J. P. T. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (8) 1231-1232
• First report of Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 4 in vineyards of Turkey. Kaya, A.; Eri̇lmez, S.; Paylan, I. C.; Erkan, S. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (8) 1230
• First report of Rice yellow mottle virus on rice in Burundi. Ndikumana, I.; Pinel-Galzi, A.; Negussie, Z.; Msolla, S. N.; Njau, P.; Singh, R. K.; Choi, I. R.; Bigirimana, J.; Fargette, D.; Hébrard, E. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (8) 1230-1231
• First report of Iris yellow spot virus infecting onion in Pennsylvania. Hoepting, C. A.; Fuchs, M. F. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (8) 1229
• A new strain of tomato severe leaf curl virus and a unique variant of tomato yellow leaf curl virus from Mexico. Bañuelos-Hernández, B.; Mauricio-Castillo, J. A.; Cardenas-Conejo, Y.; Guevara-González, R. G.; Arguello-Astorga, G. R. (2012) Archives of Virology 157 (9) 1835-1841

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